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Shloka 36

Yuga-Dharma, Kalpa Measure, Purāṇa Definitions, and the Kali-Yuga Power of Nāma-Kīrtana

Devanagari script

कीर्तनादेव कृष्णस्य महाबन्धं परित्यजेत् / कृते यद्य्यायतो विष्णुं त्रेतायां जपतः फलम्

Transliteration

kīrtanādeva kṛṣṇasya mahābandhaṃ parityajet / kṛte yadyyāyato viṣṇuṃ tretāyāṃ japataḥ phalam

Translation

เพียงการขับสรรเสริญพระนามกฤษณะ (กีรตนะ) ก็ละพันธนาการใหญ่ได้; ผลที่ได้ในกฤตยุคด้วยการเพ่งวิษณุ และในเตรตายุคด้วยการภาวนาแบบชปะ—ในกาลียุคย่อมได้ด้วยกีรตนะเท่านั้น

Word by Word
कीर्तनात्from/by (the act of) chanting
कीर्तनात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन
एवindeed, only
एव:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic/only)
कृष्णस्यof Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन
महाबन्धम्great bondage
महाबन्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् बन्धः)
परित्यजेत्should abandon
परित्यजेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपरि+√त्यज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
कृतेin the Kṛta age
कृते:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (युगे)
यत्that which
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम
ध्यायतःof one meditating
ध्यायतः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√ध्यै (धातु) → ध्यायत् (कृदन्त; शतृ/शानच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle) — 'of one who meditates'
विष्णुम्Viṣṇu
विष्णुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
त्रेतायाम्in the Tretā age
त्रेतायाम्:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रेता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
जपतःof one chanting
जपतः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeVerb
Root√जप् (धातु) → जपत् (कृदन्त; शतृ/शानच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present participle) — 'of one who recites'
फलम्fruit, result
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन
Speaker

Lord Vishnu (teaching Garuda/Vinata-putra in dialogue)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Kṛṣṇa-nāma-kīrtana alone can sever great bondage; the fruits of Kṛta-yuga dhyāna and Tretā-yuga japa are attained in Kali through kīrtana.

Vedantic Theme: Nāma as non-different from Nāmin (the Named); grace and accessibility override ritual complexity; bhakti as direct means to purification and liberation.

Application: Adopt daily nāma-kīrtana/saṅkīrtana (alone or in community); use chanting as a steady practice for reducing compulsions and cultivating remembrance.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Cross References

Related Themes: Direct continuation of 1.223.35’s ‘one great virtue’; Garuda Purana bhakti and Viṣṇu-nāma praises in other sections

Characters & Entities
K
Krishna
V
Vishnu
G
Garuda

FAQs

This verse states that kīrtana of Kṛṣṇa alone can break “mahābandha” (the great bondage of saṃsāra), giving the same spiritual fruit that earlier ages gained through deeper disciplines like dhyāna (Kṛta-yuga) and japa (Tretā-yuga).

It teaches that remembrance through chanting is a direct liberating practice: by kīrtana one abandons the heavy fetter created by karma and attachment, implying an accessible path to freedom through devotion.

Adopt daily nāma-kīrtana—audible chanting of “Kṛṣṇa”/“Viṣṇu” with attention and sincerity—as a steady practice to reduce harmful habits, purify the mind, and orient life toward dharma and devotion.

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